Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-06
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muh, If not more, than he did the "regu-
Lam
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las in Senator Camden's room at Will
lard Hotel the other night and saw his
secrery, Mr. Frank Waterman, busy ad-
dressg lot Of miniature envelopes.
lneyere about the size of an old ten cent
,shIn'aster," used as currency during
the wa | asked what he was doing.
Il Ascending out the Senator's cards "
was thteply. Then he explained that a
Senator. courtesy had grown among Sen
ators IN required each one of them to
SEND the cards to every other member of
the Sena This, he said, was done at
the beghing of each session. Senator
Camden 81 it took the place of a call.
Howeyertf they want 10 make a call
they 90 " The Senator seut card TO
eacn one dls colleagues, not Omittinpone
oi them' kis took as evidence that he |
was on Eerbiendly relations with all of
tnem' ScILr Kenna did the same, and
ala not IAN send one TO each of his col |
leagues III thenate, both Democrats and |
hepnOiicahs'lt 1t seems like a silly mode
ol making ac, but it is custom, and GUS
tom in Washiton is law,
SkToR KENNA.
/ have had Sc experience with Senator
hehllt wl'l'u last year, together with
"haE l nave ooeved, that has convinced
me that lie Is le exception in Washing
toh' When one nto depend upon prom
iseS, henha alwa says NO." and eyes"
at tne proper ''i,and does not appear to
higSSle over II. Ie makes you promise,
you can uePehG y ii that that promise
Is going 10 De luiAd Ifhe says he can
not, or does not nt to do onytbinG Ear
you, you might as n try to swim NiaSara
as 10 try to persuad i'm to do II Uo 10
most Always righ',s seldom makes ND
MS minu uhlli ne ki's that he is doing
what he is convinced RIGHT I on, tnIS
by those who are &c to him tbot ba
always not only eXpe the Same troat
ment, but required i, the mart oC tbosa I
who want him to sery ythem II bo Il ,
once deceived, the one ootioino tba d.
ception might as well & mn ali boMes or )
success if he is depend iunon Kenpa for ,
it, 1t is said that ther, notb;ng tba. ba ,
despises more in an inCduol than dno 9
plcity and double dealiI He ia certo;n :
ly one of the most frank, trutbfnI Ill =
ticians that have everkln and drrinn ,
a residence in Washingtor,y for baIs 7
dozen years, believe d boro Ia !;
enough experience with pr ,,.an 70 60 :
able me 10 size up D r,ooJ 80
Kenna's measure has been ron ord bo 7
has not been found wanting =
UNJUST CRTTICL :
There has been good { or rn;ro. C
criticism going the POUNDS tho nrrsS
about the number of Repubhs re,d;nad {
III Tue bureau vi lnIerlal nele. The g
licans in every department Of Cororn il
ment in Washington than the,r,L, - O
he, and, comparatively speakiI,os Mi u
ler has probably more than his s. Rnt
with less than half dozen e,,;ons Il
these people are all in the classifi 80 b
If they were to be turned out the - C
OF the Treasury would Lave yo,T" n
requisition on the Civil Service Coz" q
to fill the vacancies. Four nanno onIa a
he certified up at time a time nIIor n
would have to make a selection fro,nsa n
four TO fill the vacancy. He wouloro a
no means of knowing who'sr al
are until after their certifos n
had been received at
Department. The chances are that
thus certified would all be RepubL
Consequently the officials prefer to I 4,
sp eYperienced Republican cle,k n =
than take the chances OF getting ano y
who is inexperienced, Show any Of oil
new Democratic officials way to b al
this civil service humbug game, and IA II
will do it every time. In several install
ces it has been overcome, but it took rtt
merit on the part of the applicant wlf
was benefited by it to do it. know tbs
Miller Is as ready tG aid Democrats 4
places as anyone, but be Is in 10 positio
TO do it. \ Bureau chief has no more d
90 with making an appointment in hi
bureau than has the editor of the REGIS
TER. This know. The Secretary alon
controls this bureau of the business, AM
Mr.. Manning has delegated it to Mr.
Thompson, one of the Assistant secretar
les, and tbs Commissioner, nor any of hi
six auditors have no more to do with fll
ing q vacancy occurring In their RESPECTIVE
bureaus, than a subor Innate under him
Mr.. Thompson listens less to one of isc. c,
ohc'aLS ths tl:... Almost any other persol
making recommendation for e. sppuint
THnt, Were le can, he always tries +
Gblige some member or member of Cong
ress and the head of the bureau, is ignor
ed, so far as as the Treasuery Department
is concerned. Mr.. Miller is not half $
much to blame as those who voted for tb.
civil service law 80 -
The law would not be so bad if the rule
of the Civil Service Commission were no
50 complicated. If Oberly, the only rea
Democratic member of the Commission
had his way the rules made by DOrman D
Eaton and his Republican associates, unde
q Republican administration, would b
amended in such a way that good Demo
crat with merit might have q show
0berlT is an active man, and the life Of tn
Commission. EseFtop, who is the othe
Dem 9cratic member, is too old and ha